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Amir Amedi

Contact Details


Phone: +972 2 6757259
Fax: +972 2 6758602

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PhD 2005 ICNC, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2006 - Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
2007 - Senior Lecturer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Curriculum Vitae


Fields of study:


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  1. Reading in the blind: implications for brain organization and plasticity.
    Visual Word Form Area
    Some Links about braille activations in word form area (Reich et al. Current Biology 2011):
    New York Times.
    Science Update podcast.
    Haaretz (Hebrew).
    Jerusalem Post.
  2. Sensory Substitution Devices
    You can take a look here for hebrew description of this project, and more details.
  3. Topographic Senses
    Striem-Amit E, Hertz U, Amedi A. Extensive Cochleotopic Mapping of Human Auditory Cortical Fields Obtained with Phase-Encoding fMRI. PLoS ONE 2011; 6(3): e17832. [PDF]
  4. Multisensory Perception
    Multisensory PErception Project Image
    Selected publications:
    • Hertz U, Amedi A. Disentangling unisensory and multisensory components in audiovisual integration using a novel multifrequency fMRI spectral analysis. NeuroImage 2010; 52: 617-632. [PDF]

    • Tal N, Amedi A. Multisensory visual–tactile object related network in humans: insights gained using a novel crossmodal adaptation approach. Experimental Brain Research 2009; Published online. [PDF]

    • Amedi A, Malach R, Hendler T, Peled S, Zohary E. Visuo-haptic object-related activation in the ventral visual pathway. Nature Neuroscience 2001; 4:324-330. [PDF]

      See also:
      Amedi A, Jacobson G, Hendler T, Malach R, Zohary E. Convergence of visual and tactile shape processing in the human lateral occipital complex. Cerebral Cortex 2002; 12:1202-1212. [PDF]

  5. Functional connectivity
    Connectivity Project Image
  6. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
    Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Project Image


  7. For more details check the projects page.

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